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Duel of the games 4! Super conundrum! Manic Miner vs Jet Set WillyGo on I dares ya, to decide which one is best, it's popped up in many, many previous threads, so do it, decide the better of the 2 :D
Manic Miner, easily; each level is a mini-masterpiece that ... irritatingly botched bits of game design (e.g. repeating deaths, the ... -
Duel of the games 4! Super conundrum! Manic Miner vs Jet Set WillyGo on I dares ya, to decide which one is best, it's popped up in many, many previous threads, so do it, decide the better of the 2 :D
... this down to poor game design or your lack of gaming ... a case of bad game design. When I was young, I ... quickly. I am much more level-headed now, and would work ... -
Spectrum ethernet... step 1.1Yeah, a tenth of a step :-) Here's the W5100 board up and WORKING: [url]http://www.alioth.net/tmp/w5100-online.jpg[/url] This is called the "Get Th…
... '29J60 built in) the higher level stuff won't need to ... breath, I still have to design the memory paging, the PCB ... -
Finished games thanks to save optionsYou can finish a game or go further easier if you play it on an emulator and use the [I]save option[/I]. So that's the way I made progress with many…
Combat School.
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Benchmark timeWell, the BASIC benchmark posted in Creative Computing back in the 80s came up as a topic on the AtariAge forums. The article is available online an…
... really good for a high level language.[/quote]
The person ... and used the high speed poke it was faster. The numbers ... -
Cross Platform DevelopmentWhat's the best way to develop cross platform apps? By best, the only limiting criteria would be "at no cost" :)
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Not below a certain level of complexity, they won't ... the case where your embedded design isn't going to make ... -
Halo3 (rant + spoilers)Does Halo 3 seem like a very short game to you? I've been playing it off/on on my friend's 360 and just finished it and it just feels like a very st…
... a job and try and design ethernet hardware for the Speccy ... actually make progress at a level that's appropriate for me ... -
another c64 vs. Speccy site...[url]http://c64vsspectrum.com/[/url] 25 years and we are still brawling.. ;)
... =AndyC;236128]Actually, with that design, it would make more sense ... don't really "get" hardware design... =-)[/QUOTE]
Having columns beginning ... on the [B]same tech level[/B] and at the [B ... -
Game EditorsWell as the title says, this is a query about game editors, specifically the ones for Gremlin games... Many moons ago, Your Sinclair published (I th…
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Ethernet blog updated......today, we send our first packet and run into a bit of a gnarly snag: [url]http://spectrum.alioth.net/doc/index.php/Current_events[/url]
... 5 volt tolerant. So no level shifters are required at all ... , so I think with the design of my breakout board, it ... -
** Two Forthcoming Cronosoft Releases **Here's a couple of taster screenshots of forthcoming releases, coming very soon: SHOOT-EM-UP DESIGNER [url]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b253/c…
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POKE 34824, 0 - for infinite lives ... .
POKE 33549, 175 - for invincibility.
POKE 33983, N
POKE 33984, 183 - both ... decreases once for each new level reached, until 1. A ... -
Well it's the end for Britain by the looks of things!!![url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23436203-details/Adoption+of+Islamic+Sharia+law+in+Britain+is+'unavoidable'%2C+says+Archbishop+of+Can…
... we can make observations and design experiments to try and falsify ... , but to always try to poke holes in theories. We are ... -
Well it's the end for Britain by the looks of things!!![url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23436203-details/Adoption+of+Islamic+Sharia+law+in+Britain+is+'unavoidable'%2C+says+Archbishop+of+Can…
... we can make observations and design experiments to try and falsify ... , but to always try to poke holes in theories. We are ... -
Got a job interview in 9 hours!Checked my e-mail yesterday (Tuesday) and there was an e-mail from a software company asking me if I was still in the market for a new job. I replie…
... of project management and software design
- Skills in VB/VBA ... using VBScript
- Some intermediate level database experience
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New Spectrum GameAs some of you may be aware I've been busy working on a Shoot-Em-Up Designer utility for the past few weeks. As the program is pretty much there now…
... change the colour of each level - any combination of ink, paper ... filling the grid when you design your sprites - which is good ... -
New oneliners for 2008[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Here's my attempt at a first-person-perspective 3d game in one line of BASIC. It's called 'wormhole', and you've got to get t…
... the condition in the last POKE can be simplified to "a ... " instead of "p" for the level/score if you prefer (I ... -
New oneliners for 2008[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Here's my attempt at a first-person-perspective 3d game in one line of BASIC. It's called 'wormhole', and you've got to get t…
... the condition in the last POKE can be simplified to "a ... " instead of "p" for the level/score if you prefer (I ... 's OK to leave the level/score as is, I would ... -
speccy graphics in pc games[url]http://cactusquid.proboards99.com/index.cgi?board=games&action=display&thread=22[/url] excellent!!! are there any original pc games featuring …
... more that used entirely Speccy-level graphics (while still updating, tweaking ... extremely vague and wishful game design doc lying around somewhere for ... , if someone wants to co-design with me ;) -
Spectrum Ethernet update...in which a toastrack 128K machine prods a machine outside of my LAN for the first time. [url]http://spectrum.alioth.net/doc/index.php/Current_eve…
... 'd really like a high level description of what is done ... /> I'm trying to explicitly design in compatibility with other paged ... -
New oneliners for 2008[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Here's my attempt at a first-person-perspective 3d game in one line of BASIC. It's called 'wormhole', and you've got to get t…
... me to post a higher level explanation for each one?[/quote ... .
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MDOS3 and DEMFIR for DIVIDE+ QuestionHi everybody, I just got a DivIDE+ interface. I correctly use RESIDOS and Fatware, but I was not able to use DEMFIR and MDOS3 OSes. Is there some go…
... are at the same root level. The DEMFIR OS finds the ... me as a rather bad design decision - if they couldn't ... -
New oneliners for 2008[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Here's my attempt at a first-person-perspective 3d game in one line of BASIC. It's called 'wormhole', and you've got to get t…
... could change for the next level. Working title: 'Canyon'. I think ... r$(p+8)="I":
POKE 23692,0:
LET f ... TO 255:
POKE 23688,f:
POKE 23689,g:
PRINT ... -
St. Michael Micromasters: Computer GamesHi, The [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2000988"]St. Michael Micromasters: Computer Games[/URL] book doesn't currently have a…
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150 input" level (1-20) ";d:gosub 3000 ... =0 to 15:read d:poke usr"a"+n,d
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St. Michael Micromasters: Computer GamesHi, The [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2000988"]St. Michael Micromasters: Computer Games[/URL] book doesn't currently have a…
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160 let z=3582:poke 23561,10
170 let ... =0 to 15:read d:poke usr"a"+n,d
poke usr"a"+n,d
Computer BattlegamesBook Title: [B][URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2000080"]Computer Battlegames[/URL][/B] Authors: [B]Daniel Isaaman & Jenny Tyle…
... if s=0 then print "level"
110 print "you are ...How many expansions can a Speccy handle ?How many expansions / interfaces / addons can a Speccy handle ? I'm not thinking about the issue of powering the interfaces through the Speccy's PS…
... I/O at the Z80 level happens by setting the address ... time - unfortunately, the Spectrum's design doesn't allow for more ...New oneliners for 2008[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Here's my attempt at a first-person-perspective 3d game in one line of BASIC. It's called 'wormhole', and you've got to get t…
... =0 TO 39: READ a: POKE USR "a"+f,a: NEXT ... better to print the current level instead. Or you can print ...Ultimate earlier gamesI mean those Ultimate's games before [I]Atic Atac[/I]. Which is your vavourite? My fave, Jetpac. Very addictive, great gameplay.
... /> Eugene Jarvis was a game design god in my eyes.
level or something.
I ... - I'm just thinking in design terms.Look what I just got...[url]http://spectrum.alioth.net/doc/images/8/8e/Protopcb.jpg[/url] More news ... later
... , to support IPv6). The hardware level of the TCP/IP offload ... ) before I cast the final design in stone. (The great thing ...Which games did you complete?Ok, time for another survey - list which Spectrum games you completed. Please list those with some poke or other cheat separately. Define completion …
... have yet to get off level one of the Untouchables without ... still looking for an energy poke that works so I can ...
